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    A group of military personnel in olive drab t-shirts and camouflage uniforms are engaged in what appears to be a grappling or wrestling drill inside a tent or temporary shelter. One individual has a visible tattoo on his forearm. The scene suggests informal combat training or recreational sparring among service members.

    HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

    08.09.2011

    Photo by Cpl. Colby Brown 

    I Marine Expeditionary Force

    GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Staff Sgt. John Wheeler, a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor-trainer, demonstrates a MCMAP technique during a martial arts class here, Aug. 9. Wheeler, a native of Winston-Salem, N.C., is the communications maintenance chief, communications platoon sergeant, electronic warfare officer and the MCMAP instructor trainer for 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. This is his first time to Afghanistan but his third deployment.

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    Date Taken: 08.09.2011
    Date Posted: 08.19.2011 06:58
    Photo ID: 444952
    VIRIN: 110809-M-ED643-003
    Resolution: 2000x1429
    Size: 2.48 MB
    Location: HELMAND PROVINCE, AF
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    Two individuals are engaged in a ground grappling/wrestling drill, with one person applying a chokehold or submission technique on the other. Several observers in military camouflage uniforms watch from the background. The setting appears to be an indoor training environment, likely a military combatives or martial arts training session.
    A group of military personnel in olive drab t-shirts and camouflage uniforms are engaged in what appears to be a grappling or wrestling drill inside a tent or temporary shelter. One individual has a visible tattoo on his forearm. The scene suggests informal combat training or recreational sparring among service members.
    Two individuals are engaged in a ground grappling or wrestling match on a dark mat surface. One person, a bald male wearing a green t-shirt and desert camouflage (MARPAT) trousers, appears to be applying a submission hold or control position on the other. The setting and camouflage uniform suggest a military combatives training session.

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